My 'Master Shaper' finally finished.
One of my first kitbash projects which I put together ages ago. Happy to finally call him done, for now anyway. I didn't have an idea about what he would count as, but Ethereal seems the best fit. I'm not sure why I wanted to paint him as if he went to Morrowind and ate lord Vivec, but it just happened.
Some lore I wrote up for him:
>Tuk-ta'en has been Master Shaper of the Kra'hang as long as the T'au have been aware of them. He has led the Kindred through many arduous campaigns, and guided their evolution in, at times, unorthodox ways.
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>Indeed, this unconventional practice can be observed in the appearance of the Master Shaper himself. His body is slightly smaller than an average Kroot, but it would be difficult to notice this due to the size of his massive membranous wings, from which sharp bones protrude. A large horn extends from his forehead, and the color of his skin is dimidiate; yellow on his right half, and a grey-blue on his left. The variation extends to his eyes as well: a yellow right, but, curiously, a bright red on the left.
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>Among his Kin, some believe he has 'eaten of a God'.
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>Tuk-ta'en made the decision to accompany the intial T'au expeditionary force to Fukai, and it is believed he discovered the ability to commune with the great arthropode-like creatures there. This coming is prophesied among the native Gue'la on the planet, and the 'reaching of concord' between the Kroot and natives of Fukai has taken on religious significance.
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>He is, unsurprisingly, reclusive, or rather, he is not concerned with the opinion or understanding of outsiders, making even this much information difficult to acquire. However, I am, if nothing else, persistent.
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>~from the notes of Archivist Tal'taba, Trusted of Jah'laan